Photo by Stephen Elliot

Years ago (about nine, in fact) I wrote down this idea of doing a self portrait that was half photo and half sketch. After so many years of excuses like “I’m not inspired right now,” and “I’ll do it when I have more time,” I pretty much forgot about it altogether. It wasn’t until I was nearly done with this drawing that it occurred to me I was already halfway there. Sometimes you just have to do the work and let the inspiration catch up.